If your language skills are good enough, you can consider taking genealogy translation clients - and joining the APG translators SIG! Bryna O'Sullivan Charter Oak Genealogy On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Rebecca Hockaday <rhocky@hotmail.com> wrote: > My name is Rebecca Hockaday and I am a transitional genealogist, taking > clients for about one year now. I currently live in Boise, ID and also have > an 8 and 6 year old. I am a little more than 2/3 of the way done with Pro > Gen and a member of the APG Virtual Chapter. I would like to do Gen Proof > and apply for BCG in the near future. > > I have some questions and would love to have some guidance. > > - My husband's career has made us internationally transient. In July 2017 > we are relocating for an expat assignment in Hiroshima, Chugoku Prefecture, > Japan for one to two years, coming back to Boise, ID 2018/9. Since I have > been married (2003) we have lived in Texas, NY (2 locations), France, > Germany, Italy, Spain, Yemen, currently in Idaho and now soon to be Japan. > What specialties do geographically unstable genealogists have and how do > you market to clients? > > - I am trying to figure out what I will be doing in Japan in terms of > genealogical research. I do not speak the language at all and have never > done any type of Asian research, which is a limiting factor. I can speak, > read and write Spanish, French, Italian, most German and can speak some > Arabic. But Japanese...can't even count to 10. What are recommendations for > projects to do while I am in Japan? I am not as worried about taking > clients (I can take a hiatus), but more worried about keeping my skill set > active with report writing and proof arguments. I am playing with the idea > of starting my BCG portfolio when I am there but am afraid of the > limitations I will encounter and not yet convinced I will be successful > putting together a portfolio in an international location. I can also > volunteer/take pro bono projects with something virtual - but what? > > - Does anyone have any connections in Japan? > > Thanks! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >